cabin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
  2. noun a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
  3. noun the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried
  4. verb confine to a small space, such as a cabin

WordNet

Cab"in noun
Etymology
OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.
Definitions
  1. A cottage or small house; a hut. Swift.
    A hunting cabin in the west. E. Everett.
  2. A small room; an inclosed place.
    So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. Spenser.
  3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.
Cab"in intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cabined present participle & verbal noun Cabining
Definitions
  1. To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
    I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. Shak.
Cab"in transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
    I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. Shak.

Webster 1913